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Nov. 17, 1959 B. E. PHELPS EI'AL 2,913,171

SORTER-COLLATOR FOR TAPE RECORDED DATA sheets-sh et 1 mmv BYRON PHELPS JOSEPH SOCHQR Now! B. E. PHELPS EI'AL SOR'I'ER-COLLATOR FOR TAPE RECORDED DATA 152 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. lb MAIN PANEL 000000 000000 START\NG\ MEMORY NUMBER 1 gggggg NEON LIGHT oooooo /INUICATOR oooooo PANEL OOOOOg PowER 01 333330 LIGHT MEMORY NUMBER 2 000000 PowER ON KEY READY END OF oPERAT|oN sEQuENcE LIGHT REEL COMPLETE LIGHT CHECK LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT POWER w g v I o o CYCLE KEY Z] PJSELECT COMP E SWITCH LliH sTART STOP nEEA YED RUNO;UT cK MACHINE KEY KEY STOP KEY KEY SEEET RESET KEY KEY MI H T u RIGHT /PASS DlSPLAY E E? E SWITCH SWITCH M2 LEFT COLUMN SELECTOR SWITCHES CHARACTER BITS EETETEEETEJ "A CHARACTER ENTRY SWITCHES NUAL \NEE?T2?I' SW'TCH SWITCH CONTROL PANEL (PLUG BOARD) TAPE DRIVE PANEL WRITE 69 SELECT READY FIG. Io

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SORTER-COLLATOR FOR TAPE RECORDED DATA Filed Dec. 9, 1954 152 Sheets-Sheet 10 SELECTOR$'1 FEEDFED T3 o-o-o o-o-o FIG l3 FUU-FEEL 1 d-b-o CY, [ELAY (5%" 6% RMVCK [o 0] TI TZDQGIT SELECTOR T SORT 0 w 0 2 0 Q 9 0 2 5 g g g o 5 o o 5 0 0-0-0 0 O H T U BLANK C SNGRL o o 0 o o 0 0-0-0 0 o :o o 2O 1 U SPACE 30 O O H T U NOV. 17, 1959 PHELPS ETAL 2,913,171

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SOR'I'ER-COLLATOR FOR TAPE RECORDED DATA Filed Dec. 9, 1954 132 Sheets-Sheet 18 1959 B. E. PHELPS ETAL 7 SORTER-COLLATOR FOR TAPE RECORDED DATA Filed Dec. 9, 1954 132 Sheets-Sheet 19 36 FIG. 28

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